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I noticed several years ago when an oldies station played Danke Schoen that their voices are very similar and that k. d. would be able to make an exact copy of the song. Then I realized that they actually resemble each other. They did a piece on Wayne on CBS Sunday Morning today and I decided to Google the two names together to see if anyone else had made the connection and was pleased to have my observations verified by so many others. I feel that k.d. would be up for a duet, but I doubt if Wayne would go for it.

Here’s how I made the connection. My wife called me into the room where she was was watching the Olympics opening ceremony. “John, that strange man has the most beautiful *woman’s* voice.” I recognized Ms. lang right away. Then we both remembered Wayne Newton who also had a beautiful, but feminine voice.

Next day, running errands in the car, I heard ‘Danke Schoen’ on The Current. There are no coincidences! I felt compelled to blog this a little later.

I’m sure lang would be up for a duet. She’s done that with Tony Bennett, as you probably know. But I would be surprised if Newton went along with the idea. As you know, he no longer sings with the girly tones. He got sick of all the comments, so he redid his image and repertoire into a more masculine Las Vegas shtick years ago.

It’s odd how the two are similar in many ways, and so far apart in others.